Physiotherapy

The first appointment will take a bit longer as we need enough time for you to describe your problem or injury and how it affects you. The physiotherapist will also ask you to perform a few movements while observing you and they will most likely perform some special tests so they can work out what is causing your pain. These discussions, tests and treatments are all performed in one of our private physiotherapy rooms in our Edinburgh clinic. Once a diagnosis has been established and discussed with you, an individualised treatment plan is made and planned with you on how best to resolve your pain or injury. At the heart of our approach is your involvement in your own care, through education, awareness, empowerment and participation in your treatment.

Our physiotherapists will typically use manual therapy or a physical ‘hands on’ approach to your treatment. This may include joint or nerve mobilisations, muscle energy techniques, massage and trigger point therapy, taping alongside other modalities such as electrotherapy (ultrasound and interferential) and acupuncture or dry needling may also be used to achieve the best treatment results. The treatments may be varied as the physiotherapist will continually assess and adapt their treatment plan depending on your body’s response to the treatment. Exercises will be an important part of your treatment. These exercises are given for continued treatment at home and to prevent further injury to the affected site but may also include exercises which may help other areas of weakness that may have been identified by your physio. The physiotherapist may also suggest changes to posture, habits or techniques which may be contributing to your problem. This advice and education, alongside the home exercise programme, will help prevent a re-occurrence of the problem and potentially prevent other future injuries.